Another Campbell Estate Battle Settled

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Another court fight in the Glen Campbell estate case has been settled with the payment of a cash bequest to one of his daughters.
In a filing in Davidson Probate Court the lawyer for Debby Campbell Cloyd stated that with the payment of the unspecified bequest, Campbell Cloyd was dropping her challenge to legal fees incurred by the estate. Prior court filings indicate the bequest was for $250,000.
A hearing had been scheduled for tomorrow before a probate master to determine whether the $211,533 fees to the GT Law Firm should be paid.
The fee dispute is just the latest in a series of challenges to the estate of the late singer who died in 2017 after a long battle with Alzheimers disease. Three of Campbell's children challenged the will filed by Kimberly Campbell, the executor of her late husband's estate.
The challenge was ultimately dropped.
In the latest dispute Campbell Cloyd charged that the fees charged by GT Law were excessive. They included a billing rate of $1,050 per hour for the lead attorney, Jay Cooper.
In a filing last week Kimberly Campbell disclosed that Cooper wasn't just Glen Campbell's longtime lawyer but also a neighbor and personal friend for decades.
According to the filing this week by Campbell Cloyd's attorney Horton Frank, the cash bequest was paid by the Campbell Family Trust, the sole beneficiary of the late singer's estate.
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